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|author=Anne O'Brien
|title=The Scandalous Duchess
|rating=4.5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=1372: Lady Katherine de Swynford is widowed and in reduced circumstances as a result. She remembers a more sumptuous life before her marriage; a life in the service of Queen Philippa, mother of John, Duke of Lancaster. In the hope of reprising her past lifestyle she goes to the Savoy Palace to beg the Duke for a role in his household. He willingly employs her to help his new wife, Constanza, the Princess of Castille, with her imminent birth but this is a dangerous move. As John and Katherine fall in love and Katherine becomes John's mistress they endanger more than their hearts; their attraction provides ammunition for their enemies, risking fatal results.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848452985</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Never Mind the Bullocks: One girl's 10,000 km adventure around India in the worlds cheapest car
|summary=On a summer’s day in 1950, a smartly-dressed white woman brings her young mixed-race daughter, Muriel, to the branch children’s home Hoodfield House, where she will leave her and never return. Muriel is physically well cared for, but has persistent questions about her identity and place in the world.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099558688</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|title=Books that Changed the World: The 50 Most Influential Books in Human History
|author=Andrew Taylor
|rating=4.5
|genre=Entertainment
|summary=Oh the pleasure when, as a book reviewer, one can simply point to the title and say – 'yup, that'. Or, I suppose, as in the non-existent follow-up, Adverts That Changed the World, simply repeat the mantra 'it does exactly what it says on the tin'. This paperback edition of the six year old original, fresh with several typos they had time to iron out alongside putting in Seamus Heaney's departure, makes life even easier, given that subtitle. I'm sure the more bibliophilic are already sold, and there is little influence I can bear on things. I will, however, soldier on.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782069429</amazonuk>
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